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Do you have to (ASDF:load-system :xxxx) and (ql:quickload :yyyy) everytime you want to work?
I'm missing an obvious part of ASDF / quickload / sly, and it's starting to drive me nuts. It's mostly about the developer experience, but as I can't go past the very first steps, I'm unable to work ...
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ASDF system uffi does not return version number
I successfully did load clsql with quicklisp. Loading of a source file with function definitions, which use clsql, was also successfull. When executing a clsql function I am getting this error. (clsql:...
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Why can't Quicklisp find package Alexandria-2 when installing lisp-stat?
I'm trying to install lisp-stat on my machine using quicklisp. I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. The install fails shortly after getting started with error: No package named "ALEXANDRIA-2" Prior to ...
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Quicklisp: Unable to load any of the alternatives ("libcrypto.so.1.1" "libcrypto.so.1.0.0" "libcrypto.so.3" "libcrypto.so")
While trying to install "hunchentoot" via (ql:quickload :hunchentoot), an error is produced: debugger invoked on a CFFI:LOAD-FOREIGN-LIBRARY-ERROR in thread #<THREAD "main thread&...
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SBCL VLIME use CFFI
I'm trying to learn common lisp but am having a very difficult time setting up my environment. I'm trying to wrap a c library using cffi but I can't seem to get sbcl to find the cffi package. I have ...
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Recognizing local project / defining system with Quicklisp and Portacle
I've been trying to get to grips with the package system in common-lisp, and I (sort of) understand the idea. However, like many (I have searched many other similar questions), there seems to be some ...
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ql:quickload evaluates to: Error: Attempt to do an array operation on nil which is not an array
On ACL, Windows, (ql:quickload "vecto") evaluates to: "Error: Attempt to do an array operation on nil which is not an array." :zoo brings: (error type-error :datum ...) ->(ql-...
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Quicklisp install errors
I am trying to install quicklisp into my Lisp REPL but am getting errors. I am running Ubuntu 21.10 and have tried installing quicklisp in both GNU clisp 2.49.92 and sbcl 2.1.1-debian. I have tried ...
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How to use libraries from Quicklisp in Common Lisp source code?
I am trying to program a tcp server using Common Lisp (sbcl) on Windows-11. My main goal is to create a stand alone executable tcp server. So, I am using the usocket library (loading it with (ql:...
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Debugger invoked when updating quicklisp
I've sbcl(Steel Bank Common Lisp) installed in my Fedora 38 linux. I installed quicklisp using below commands some times back from steps mentioned here. curl -O https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp....
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Alive Lisp extension 'alive:XXXX' not found in VSCode
Hi I have installed the Steel Bank Common Lisp(SBCL) and then installed Quicklisp and followed all the steps found here here. The quicklisp server runs fine but I cannot run any Alive commands from ...
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Why does Quicklisp fail to load log4cl on MacOS
On MacOS: When I try to load log4cl I get a compile error: CL-USER> (ql:quickload "log4cl") To load "log4cl": Load 1 ASDF system: log4cl ; Loading "log4cl" . ; ;...
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How do you build pgloader from source using "make pgloader"?
I am trying to migrate a MySQL db to Postgres. From what I've read online, it seems like pgloader is the best tool for this. Background: I installed pgloader with apt-get, but ran into an error when ...
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How to remove a package from defpackage?
I defined a package like this: (defpackage :web-app (:nicknames :wa) (:use :cl :hunchentoot)) This works fine. But I want to remove hunchentoot. When I remove it and recompile I get the following ...
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One function refuses to export, while other functions export?
Yesterday, I asked a question about creating libraries with common lisp. my lib: ;in my-lib.asd (asdf:defsystem :my-lib :depends-on (:cl-json :clsql :clsql-sqlite3) :components ((:file "...